bluffer

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Noun
  • And the Volatility Index , whose surge to around 25 appeared a bit overdone for a mere 3% dip, has now bled lower toward 18, stranding a lot of hedgers and bearish speculators with expensive downside protection.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Britain did have to devalue after burning through billions of pounds trying to defeat the speculators.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The King of Poland and the pretender to the throne of Sweden.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Week 10 kicked off the month with several examples of contenders and pretenders revealing themselves.
    Erick Smith, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Noun
  • Republicans are the real hypocrites here.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Satire is brilliant for exposing the folly of humans, especially those in power and those working in bad faith—the hypocrites and the frauds—and can be particularly potent when set in irrational or dystopic times.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The 1886 hotel was once an experimental hospital set up by infamous charlatan Norman Baker.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Professional historians denounced Fomenko as a charlatan, but his countless fans remained undeterred.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Bluffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluffer. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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